Scotland: Single malt whisky through the producing distilleries: history, making and tasting
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Gordon & MacPhail

About the independent bottler

Gordon MacPhail shop
Gordon & MacPhail
58-60 South Street
Elgin
Moray
IV30 1JY
Tel: 01343 545110
Creation date1895

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Gordon & MacPhail is an ancient house of Elgin, in the heart of the Speyside region. The society was founded in 1895 by James Gordon and John Alexander MacPhail. The originality of their business was the combination of a grocery with a wine and spirit business. The grocery is still active nowadays.
John Urquhart joined them from the very first year and he was dealing with the whisky business. His grand children are still owners of the company.
James Gordon and John MacPhail were pioneers in the marketing of single malt outside the Highlands. Single malt was the most appreciated in Scotland, while the international markets preferred the blends, because more predictable
Their policy was from the beginning to buy new whisky at renowned distilleries and to mature it in casks they select themselves. They bottle the whisky at the moment they decide it has reached the best quality level possible.
The results of this policy is that they have now lots of rare whiskies, because they are maturing in their own warehouses (some of them are over the 50 years), or because the producing distillery has disappeared since a long time.
Gordon & MacPhail use(d) to add caramel to their bottlings, in order to obtain a more intense colour.

The whisky

List of the bottles

Ardmore 1987/2003 Single Cask 1 87/100
Balblair 1966-2006 0 0/100
Bunnahabhain 1991-2006 1 85/100
Caol-Ila 12 years 1 90/100
Glen-Grant 21 years 1 86/100
Glen-Grant 1958-2008 1 96/100
Glen-Grant 1956-2005 1 94/100
Glen-Grant 1963 1 88/100
Glen-Grant 1955 1 88/100
Glen-Mhor 1980 1 82/100
Glenburgie 8 years 1 72/100
Glenlivet 15 years 0 0/100
Glenlivet 21 years 12 87/100
Imperial Reserve 1991 1 82/100
Imperial 1979 1 75/100
Inverleven 1990-2004 0/100
Inverleven 1991-2008 1 85/100
Linkwood 1980-2005 1 90/100
Linkwood 1972-2002 2 84/100
Lochside 1991 Reserve 3 84/100
Lochside Lochside 1981/2009 for LMDW 1 90/100
Lochside Spirit of Scotland 0/100
Longmorn Longmorn-Glenlivet, 25 yo 1 90/100
Longmorn 12 years 1 74/100
Longmorn 1969/ The Whisky Exchange 10th anniversary 2 91/100
Longmorn 1963 1 88/100
Longmorn 1971-2011 1 91/100
Macallan Speymalt 1999 1 80/100
Macallan Speymalt 1995-2004 1 68/100
Macallan Speymalt 1998-2007 1 82/100
Millburn Distilled 1972 1 79/100
Mortlach 21 years old 1 86/100
Mortlach 15 years 3 76/100
Mortlach 1968-2006 3 93/100
Mortlach 30 years 2 89/100
Pulteney 1974-2009 1 88/100
Pulteney Single Cask 1997 1 87/100
Rosebank Lost Sample 1 77/100
Scapa Single Cask 1993 11 84/100
Scapa Scapa 12 years 2 85/100
Strathisla 40 years old, for La Maison du Whisky 1 92/100
Strathisla 1987 1 79/100
Strathisla 25 years 1 90/100
Strathisla 1954 1 87/100
Strathisla 35 anniversaire Bar Metro Cask #2063. 1967-2003 14 91/100
Tamnavulin Cask 1988 1 86/100
Teaninich Lost sample 1 83/100
Book of Kells Clynelish 37 yo Book of Kells for La Maison du Whisky 1 93/100
Book of Kells Longmorn 46 years, Book of Kells 1 92/100
Book of Kells Strathisla 48 years, Book of Kells 1 94/100
Cask Glen-Scotia Cask 1992 0 0/100
Cask Highland-Park Cask 1989 4 83/100
Cask Longmorn Cask 1973 2 84/100
Cask Pulteney Cask 1998 0/100
Cask Pulteney Cask 1995 1 87/100
Connoisseurs Choice Ardbeg 1995 1 84/100
Connoisseurs Choice Ardbeg Gordon & MacPhail, 1996 4 84/100
Connoisseurs Choice Bladnoch Connoisseurs Choice 1988 4 76/100
Connoisseurs Choice Clynelish Connoisseur's Choice 1989 5 81/100
Connoisseurs Choice Craigellachie Connoisseurs Choice 1988 2 81/100
Connoisseurs Choice Glen-Spey Gordon & MacPhail 1995 1 78/100
Connoisseurs Choice Glenesk Connoisseurs Choice 1984 1 79/100
Connoisseurs Choice Mannochmore Connoisseur's choice 20 years 0 0/100
Connoisseurs Choice Pittyvaich 1993 1 74/100
Connoisseurs Choice Port-Ellen Connoisseur's Choice 1982 1 88/100
Connoisseurs Choice Rosebank Connoisseurs Choice, 12 years 2 74/100
Connoisseurs Choice StMagdalene Connoisseur's Choice 1981 1 85/100
Connoisseurs Choice Tullibardine 1994, 10 years 1 67/100
Exclusive Balblair 1995-2010, exclusive for The Whisky Shop Dufftown 9 86/100
for La Maison du Whisky Linkwood 1990-2009 1 88/100
for La Maison du Whisky Pulteney 1997 1 82/100
for La Maison du Whisky Strathisla 1960/2009 1 88/100
Gordon & MacPhail Dallas-Dhu 1980 Gordon & MacPhail 4 74/100
Gordon & MacPhail Glentauchers Gordon & MacPhail 1990 3 78/100
Gordon & MacPhail Imperial Gordon & MacPhail, 1990 4 77/100
MacPhail's Bunnahabhain 1990-2006 2 79/100
MacPhail's Glenglassaugh MacPhail's 1986 0 0/100
Private Collection Caol-Ila Private Collection (Gordon & MacPhail) 5 82/100
Private Collection Glenlivet Private Collection 1959-2009 1 92/100
Rare Old StMagdalene Rare Old 1975 3 88/100
Rare Old Tamdhu Rare Old 1961 1 88/100
Rare Vintage Range Strathisla 1967, Gordon&MacPhail 1 84/100
Rare Vintage Range Strathisla 40 years old 2 93/100
Reserve Ardmore Gordon & MacPhail 1991 Reserve 1 79/100
Reserve Ardmore Gordon & MacPhail 1993 Reserve 1 79/100
Reserve Aultmore Gordon & MacPhail 1989 Reserve 3 84/100
Reserve Benrinnes Gordon & MacPhail 1993 Reserve 1 79/100
Reserve Benrinnes Gordon & MacPhail 1989 1 79/100
Reserve Benrinnes Gordon & MacPhail 1975 Reserve 1 75/100
Reserve Benromach Gordon & MacPhail 2000 Reserve (for Netherlands) 1 79/100
Reserve Bunnahabhain Gordon & MacPhail 2000 Reserve 1 79/100
Reserve Caperdonich Gordon & MacPhail 1982 Reserve 2 84/100
Reserve Caperdonich Gordon & MacPhail 1972 Reserve cask #4063 1 88/100
Reserve Craigellachie Gordon & MacPhail 1994 Reserve 1 84/100
Reserve Craigellachie Reserve 1994 for LMDW 0 0/100
Reserve Glenburgie Gordon & MacPhail 1990 Reserve 3 82/100
Reserve Glenlivet Gordon & MacPhail 1990 Reserve 1 88/100
Reserve Glenrothes Gordon & MacPhail 1978 Reserve, 2 86/100
Reserve Glenturret Gordon & MacPhail 1998 Reserve (for Netherlands) 1 70/100
Reserve Highland-Park Gordon & MacPhail 1997 Reserve 1 84/100
Reserve Highland-Park Gordon & MacPhail 1997 Reserve Cask 5823 1 81/100
Reserve Highland-Park Gordon & MacPhail 1997 Reserve (For Netherlands) 1 79/100
Reserve Imperial Gordon & MacPhail 1991 Reserve 3 85/100
Reserve Isle-of-Jura Gordon & MacPhail 1995 for Netherlands 1 78/100
Reserve Linkwood Gordon & MacPhail 1991 Reserve 1 84/100
Reserve Lochside Gordon & MacPhail 1991 Reserve (for Netherlands) cask 15213 1 84/100
Reserve Lochside Gordon & MacPhail 1991-2010 Reserve 1 87/100
Reserve Rosebank Gordon & MacPhail 1991 Reserve 1 78/100
Reserve Rosebank Gordon & MacPhail 1990 Reserve 1 79/100
Reserve Rosebank Gordon & MacPhail 1991 Reserve (for Netherlands) 1 84/100
Reserve Tamdhu Gordon & MacPhail 1973-2008 Reserve for Netherlands 1 84/100
Single Casks Imperial Single Cask 1993 1 84/100
The dram takers for Mash tun & KasK Longmorn 39 y.o. for Mash Tun 1 95/100
The MacPhail's Collection Highland-Park MacPhail's 30 years 1 84/100
The MacPhail's Collection Tamdhu 8 years, the MacPhail's collection 3 73/100
The MacPhail's Collection Tamdhu 1962, MacPhail's 1 84/100